The dead, all Palestinians, were reportedly elderly, women and wounded, while other bodies were found with their hands tied, the UN said, calling for an independent investigation into what could be a new war crime. .
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) indicated this Tuesday that they will continue to appear communal wells around two hospitals in Gaza where the Israeli army is conducting intensive operations, raising renewed concerns about their possible consequences war crimes.
“Among the deceased were reportedly elderly, women and wounded, while others (bodies) were found with their hands tied (…) tied up and stripped of their clothes,” he stated. Ravina Shamdasanispokesperson for that agency.
It adds that hundreds of bodies were “buried deep in the ground and covered in rubbish” as discovered this weekend. The victims were buried in the Khan Yunis Nasser Hospitalin central Gaza, and in Al-Shifa Hospital from Gaza City, in the north of the Strip.
So far, 283 bodies have been recovered from Nasser Hospital alone, while 30 have been recovered from Al-Shifa Hospital.
This last major health complex was the main health center of the enclave before the war broke out on October 7 was the focus of an Israeli military attack presumably to root out Hamas militants who were allegedly operating there.
Source: EITB
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